Monrovia – Kivi Bah, one of many defendants within the high-profile Capitol Constructing arson case, was rushed to the John F. Kennedy Memorial Medical Heart (JFK) on Friday below emergency circumstances, sources on the Monrovia Central Jail confirmed to FrontPageAfrica.
By Willie N. Tokpah
The event got here simply hours after the jail superintendent submitted a proper report back to Felony Court docket “A” Decide Roosevelt Willie, detailing Bah’s situation and the circumstances surrounding his sudden well being scare.
Bah, together with a number of co-defendants, has been detained on the Monrovia Central Jail whereas awaiting trial for the December 2024 arson assault on the Capitol Constructing. The case has attracted widespread consideration, not solely due to the gravity of the fees but additionally as a consequence of allegations of torture and abuse whereas in state custody.
Earlier this month, protection attorneys filed a movement earlier than Felony Court docket “A,” searching for an impartial medical examination to analyze claims that their shoppers have been tortured and sexually abused whereas within the custody of the Nationwide Safety Company (NSA). The protection alleged that the accused have been “sodomized, overwhelmed, and psychologically abused” to extract confessions linking them to the arson assault.
The court docket, nevertheless, ordered that every one medical examinations be performed at JFK, the government-run hospital, slightly than by an impartial or overseas medical physique as requested by the protection.
Authorized analysts recommend Friday’s medical emergency may bolster the protection’s claims and intensify requires an impartial probe into alleged rights violations by state actors.
Officers’ Silence, Conflicting Accounts
When contacted by FrontPageAfrica, the top of the jail, Varney Lake declined to remark and referred all inquiries to the Ministry of Justice.
Solicitor Common Cllr. Augustine Fayiah, reached briefly by cellphone, mentioned he was unwell and unable to talk on the matter.
Assistant Minister of Corrections, Atty. Gabriel F. Ndupellar, later instructed FrontPageAfrica that Friday’s abstract report confirmed an inmate fell sick and was taken to JFK for remedy round 5:20 p.m., earlier than being returned to the jail in secure situation. Nevertheless, he didn’t affirm whether or not the inmate was linked to the Capitol Arson trial. He described the incident as “routine,” noting that such medical emergencies sometimes happen amongst inmates.
Though that gravity of sickness is but to be totally recognized, sources recommend Bah’s hospitalization may immediate pressing judicial intervention and affect the court docket’s pending ruling on whether or not to permit an impartial medical analysis.
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